Farouk Lawan, a former member of the House of Representatives, has been released from prison after serving a five-year sentence for demanding and accepting a $500,000 bribe.
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His conviction was upheld by the Supreme Court on January 26, 2024.
Lawan was found guilty of soliciting a $3 million bribe from billionaire oil tycoon Femi Otedola while he was the chairman of the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating fuel subsidy fraud in 2012.
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